SMU cut Matt Doherty loose as head basketball coach.The Mustangs are making a huge investment in their basketball program with the move to the Big East Conference.
"As I have said previously, we have set a goal of top-25 status for our men's basketball program and want to compete for BIG EAST championships." SMU athletic director Steve Orsini said in a press release. "With our membership in one of the best basketball conferences in the nation, the Crum Basketball Center, our $40-plus million renovation of Moody Coliseum and our location in the fertile recruiting grounds of Dallas, we believe we have the pieces for a championship-caliber program."
"I understand that this is a business and, at the end of the day, we simply didn't win enough games," Outgoing head coach Matt Doherty said.
Doherty spent three years as the head coach of his alma mater, North Carolina, winning 53 games and losing 45 including a very un-Carolina like 8-20 season his second year leading the Tar Heels.
After three years Doherty was pressured to resign at North Carolina to make room for Roy Williams.
Doherty's career record at SMU is 80-109. This season the Mustangs were 13-19.
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